StarGirl the Toddler

She first did it on Monday — she wanted to cross our third floor office, and suddenly decided that walking would be the best way to accomplish that task. She made it a foot or two before hitting a toy and falling down, but she did walk.

Last night she walked back and forth between Sue and myself, grinning happily and holding her arms close to her body, perhaps to help her maintain her balance (or maybe just because she doesn’t know what to do with them while walking). So far she’ll only walk to Sue or myself, but now that she’s doing it, we know it’s only a matter of days before she decides that this walking thing really is better than crawling.

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